This is the new thing you're doing now? Hate on mom? Come on, this isn't us. We're like the
Gilmore Girls. Ginny and Georgia is reminiscent of Gilmore Girls in that Georgia is a former teen
mom and Ginny is now her teenage daughter. Plus, it takes place in New England, but how is this story
different from other mother-daughter stories we've seen before? I grew up watching Gilmore
Girls. My mom and I would compare ourselves to them, but Ginny and Georgia, I think pretty
immediately audiences will be able to see tonally it's different. The messaging is different and,
honestly, the overall vibe is different. I completely agree. Although I didn't grow up
watching Gilmore Girls, I've always heard about it. It's super, super famous. I watched it with my
mom, the first three seasons before I flew to Toronto to film, and that show was great, but our
show is a completely different beast. It's a lot darker, edgier, there's mystery added. It's also
modern and fresh. I think what makes ours different is this dark undertone that kind of weaves
its way through most of the stories while also keeping the extremely fun, extremely light stuff,
and so i'm really excited for people to realize that this isn't Gilmore Girls, this is its own
new incredible thing. You're gonna like Massachusetts. Perfect for a fresh start.
We move a lot, so I'm always the new girl. Who's at? That is Ginny's mom. This show touches on
some serious themes, including self-harm, abuse, and racial identity. Why do you think it's so important
to address things like that in a show like this? I think it's super, super important because these are
things that are a part of everyone's life, whether you are in a multiracial family or not. We live in
such a diverse world and it's interconnected, and I think showing stories that represent that
is really, really important. It isn't heavy-handed, and it really represents the world that
we're living in right now, and we hope audiences feel seen and heard when they're watching.
It's important to address because it's what what's happening in the world. I mean, it's not like we're
making these things up. This is what's happening, not only right now, but in high schools and
even in adults, and so our writers went to extreme lengths to make sure that these storylines were
told both authentically and with a lot of heart, so I'm really proud of them for that. I think the
writing is honestly brilliant and I really can't wait for people to see it. The power of TV and the
power of film is being able to communicate these ideas, so in delving into these topics, we
really get to reach out to an audience and communicate to them that it's okay to
feel these things. She promised that this time would be different, but everywhere has problems.
Antonia, how much did you get to collaborate with the show's writers on your character Ginny?
I really really loved working with Sarah [Lampert], the creator of the show. She was so, so wonderful. She
actually invited me to her hotel suite multiple times just to hear what it was like to, you know,
grow up in a, you know, mostly white community as a biracial young woman and a lot of the
identity crisis that I may have had, or all of my experiences, and I felt just very, very grateful
to be able to have a voice that was heard. It felt a little bit unreal. My mom deals with her problems
by ignoring them bundling, them up, and packing it away. Brianne, Georgia definitely makes some
questionable decisions in this show, but it does seem like her heart is always in the right place.
How do you think Georgia justifies the decisions that she makes for herself and her daughter?
Georgia has this dark, mysterious past and it's her primary motivation throughout the show
to protect her kids - that's the bottom line. That's what everything comes down to. She would do
anything for them and she wants them to have everything that she didn't get to have growing up,
so Georgia is extreme and diabolical at times, but it really is coming from a good place and
she puts her family first and foremost, no matter who she takes out on the way I've done things I'm
not proud of, but I'd do them again. I'd do anything to protect my kids like no one ever protected me.
Describe Ginny and Georgia's mother-daughter relationship in three words. Volatile, fun,
sisterhood. And Brianne what would you say? I'm gonna say complicated, charming, and
relatable.